Vocab Info

N2 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

()けるto age, to grow old

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

      1.

      to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age

    All Forms

    老ける 【ふける】化ける 【ふける】

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      八十(はちじゅっ)(さい)祖母(そぼ)()けています

      My eighty-year-old grandmother is getting old. {to age, to grow old}

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      ()けないように若作(わかづく)りに(ちから)()れる。

      I put effort into staying young to avoid aging. {to age, to grow old}

      • N2

      (ぼく)は、お年寄(としよ)りになっても()けたくないです。

      I don't want to look old even when I become elderly. {to age, to grow old}

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      運動(うんどう)をしない(かぎ)り、(からだ)はどんどん()けていく一方(いっぽう)です。

      Unless you exercise, your body will continue to age rapidly. {to age, to grow old}

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      年配(ねんぱい)(ひと)()かって「()けている」というのは失礼(しつれい)(きわ)まりない。

      It is extremely rude to tell an older person that they are 'aged'. {to age, to grow old}

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